Family law

Family law

Law that deals with family-related issues such as spousal abuse, legitimacy, adoption, surrogacy, child abuse, and child abduction.

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master

Legal services; Family law

A specially qualified person who is appointed as a judicial officer to take evidence and make a recommendation to the judge.

form

Legal services; Family law

A model document to work from or a legal paper with blanks that you can fill in.

Early neutral evaluation provides parties in a dispute with an early and frank evaluation of the merits of their case by an objective, neutral evaluator. Like mediation, early neutral evaluation is ...

testimony

Legal services; Family law

What a person says in the courtroom under oath, after being sworn-in.

mediation

Legal services; Family law

Mediation is a voluntary and confidential process in which a neutral third-party facilitator (the mediator) helps people discuss difficult issues and negotiate an agreement. Parties in mediation ...

affidavit and memorandum

Legal services; Family law

The sworn statement and argument filed with a motion. See motion practice for more information and forms.

service

Legal services; Family law

Delivering a copy of a legal document to the person on the other side of your case. There are strict rules about how to serve different kinds of documents. For instance, the summons and complaint ...